Cardinals defense swarming, protecting lead

Posted by Zac Jackson on October 6, 2016, 10:58 PM EST

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The Cardinals hold a 10-point lead, and they have their defense to thank.

Drew Stanton has thrown two touchdown passes to Larry Fitzgerald, but the defense has made the biggest plays. A Marcus Cooper interception early in the fourth quarter set up a Chandler Cantazaro field goal to extend the lead over the 49ers to 24-14.

The Cardinals got the first two touchdowns of the second half to go up 21-7, but the 49ers answered with a touchdown drive capped by a Carlos Hyde touchdown run. Hyde has a shot at 100 yards rushing, and David Johnson of the Cardinals is well over 100 yards and has a touchdown run.

A Calais Campbell interception late in the second quarter set up the Cardinals’ first score.

Cooper has three interceptions over the last three games, as many as he had in his career prior to this season.

The 49ers need to lose their status as an NFL team. This is the worst “professional” football I’ve ever seen. Gabbert has no business being on an NFL roster, let alone being a starter. The Cards aren’t much better. And we wonder why viewership is down.

Two terrible teams with annoying coaches and players. Ratings aren’t down in this game because of Kaperchoke’s sitting during the anthem. It’s because of the overrated Arians, Matthieu and Peterson vs. Chip Jelly and that sorry franchise in Santa Clara. Everybody has it better.

Ratings are down this much because of Kaepernick and his disgusting anthem protests. There are other factors as well, but the anti-America protests were the last straw for too many such as myself. Lifelong 49er fan, now EX 49ers fan who hopes this miserable franchise loses every game it plays